Luksa Wins Nearly a 1 Million Chip Pot

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Marko Luksa began today with the chip lead and now has it once again after winning a massive pot of around 900,000 in chips against Maxime Chilaud near the money bubble.

Luksa opened for 20,000 from late position. Chilaud three-bet to 83,000 from the blinds. Luksa four-bet to 150,000 before Chilaud five-bet shoved for more than 400,000. Luksa called and the cards were turned over.

Maxime Chilaud: Q♠Q♥
Marko Luksa: K♦K♣

Luksa’s cowboys got the job done on the A♠4♥5♣J♠J♦ board to eliminate Chilaud and win the biggest pot of the tournament thus far.

Marko Luksa – 1.1 million
Maxime Chilaud – 0